351 pages ; 21 cm

In 1935 England, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses an event involving her sister Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner, and she becomes the victim of her own imagination, which leads her on a lifelong search for truth and absolution

"Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape in 2001, and subsequently in hardcover in the United States by Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2002"--Title page verso

Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 7.5

Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year 2002; National Book Critics Circle Award 2002; American Library Association Notable Books 2003; New York Times Ediotrs' Choice 2002; Los Angles Times Book Prize 2002

Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.5

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